The second in the Goloka Reiki series (there are four in the series altogether). It starts off with a pleasant soft sweet vanilla note then darker tones come in of musk and sandalwood. A prickling suggestion of halmaddi hangs in the air, but mostly this is a gentle and subtle fragrance. Halmaddi is a binding agent derived from the resin of a tree, other tree resin binding agents may be used, the most common being joss or jiggit powder, though gum arabic may also be used. Halmaddi is a little different from those resins in that it has a fragrance of its own, and can assert itself into an incense aroma a little crudely if too much is used. Some people are particularly attracted to halmaddi, and so enjoy heavy use of the resin. I'm not one of those, so prefer producers to use other binding agents or, as here, to use it in moderation.
The Cho Ku Rei scent is pleasant without quite reaching up to heavenly. It's a proper job masala with the warm evocative scents that come with that traditional manner of making Indian incense. Masala incense is created by using dried fragrant ingredients rolled into the binding paste while it's still moist, and then allowed to dry. It is similar to the dhoop or extruded method of incense making, which is the most common method outside India, in that the fragrance is composed exclusively or mainly of dried ingredients, though essential oils and perfumes may be added. This traditional method of incense making has largely been replaced with the quicker and more efficient perfume-dipped method. Perfume-dipped incense in itself is not a bad thing, though as it is a quicker method, it does allow for (indeed, encourage) cheap production using poor quality ingredients. Without knowing what you are buying, a quick and crude guide to quality can be applied by checking if the incense is a perfume-dipped or masala/dhoop incense. While not all masala/dhoop incense is great, and not all perfume-dipped is bad, the odds are far greatly in favour of the masala being the better quality, more interesting incense.
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| Reiki power symbol: Cho Ku Rei |
Cho Ku Rei is the power symbol of reiki, and is normally used at the start of a healing process - though the symbol can be drawn to evoke power in a variety of situations - such as drawing the symbol in the air as a way of clearing negative energy in a room.
Date: July 2018 Score: 35
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